| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005034962 | Incident Date: Aug, 12 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SAN FRANCISCO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: V70 | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW55A7X2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On aug. 13, 2005, my wife was driving on a public road in san francisco approx. 35 mph when her 1999 volvo v70 (approx. 72,500 miles on the odometer) stalled. i called putnam volvo in burlingame the following tuesday, and made a service appointment for thursday, aug. 18. that thursday morning, when i started the car, it began to idle roughly, surging from approx. 800 rpm to 1500 rpm repeatedly. i shut the car down, then restarted it; the car then ran fairly normally. putnam volvo diagnosed the problem as a faulty throttle control module, and charged me $1225.00 for the repair. it seems that many of these throttle control modules are failing prematurely. |
